The Mistake of Neglecting Hair Loss

[Notcoolanymore]

I just wanted to throw this out there for all the men who might make one of the biggest mistakes of their lives. I have read too many stories of guys just letting themselves go bald because they get too comfortable in their current situations. How many times are we going to have to read about the guy that was in a happy relationship when his hair loss started, so he decided to not bother treating his hair loss? Now years later he is single, slick bald, and back on the dating scene with little to no options.

If you are currently in this situation please do not get lazy or comfortable because thing are great now. Relationships can change on you in a heart beat. Do what you need to do to keep yourself looking the best you can. Don't be fooled when women try to talk you out of treatments either. Many will say: "I don't want you to risk getting sides from treatments" or "You look great even without hair". Don't fall for this BS. Being the "unattractive one" in any relationship puts you at a major disadvantage. It puts you in an inferior position just asking for abuse.

 

[winnyblues]

Hence why I jumped on finasteride and minoxidil at the tender age of 23!

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I was lucky to at least get some sort of result after not treating my hair loss for years. Many are not as lucky.

 

[winnyblues]

Thats why you need to start ASAP when you notice male pattern baldness

 

[eenrak]

The guys who need this advice are not on hair loss forums. It's good advice though.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

They might be, just before they ask their wives/girlfriends if they think they should do something about their hair loss. I would say most guys at least think about trying something when they begin to lose their hair.

 

[SayifDoit]

Maybe I'm an idiot but it's going to be a while before I consider getting on propeia, I didn't experience the worst sides but the fear of gyno was too great. I expect you'll see me on it in a year or two.

 

[doublebatman]

Unfortunately many at that stage wouldn't be reading this. It's only after they are separated and back in the dating scene they will be on the forums looking for ways to get their hair back.

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Maybe I'm an idiot but it's going to be a while before I consider getting on propeia, I didn't experience the worst sides but the fear of gyno was too great. I expect you'll see me on it in a year or two.

Well at least you're conscious of your hair loss. That's half the battle. I was in denial for a long time and it cost me most of my hair

 

[Nadester]

Well im 18 and i will go to like, NW4 when i would be 21 If i didn't get on anything.

So yeah, **** you evolution.

 

[archdemon123]

Recognizing the hair loss is always the first problem if you want to go anywhere; it's as simples as that.
That's why I always emphasize on the genetic pattern and how it plays a role in hairloss. I mean, if you have both your father and granfathers NW3-4 above, you are in for a problem, unless you're the prodigal son.
I actually thought I was in the clear because i'm basically a male looking version of my mother, and basically have the same hairline. Well, all was well until I noticed the thinning. Quickly asked my father when did he start balding, and I got a reply that made me freaking panic-He was a NW3/4 at 23 years old. I figured I was going to go his way.

That's why spoting it as soon as you can, RECOGNIZE you aren't freaking special, at least genetically and are playing a lottery where you have slim and non-existent chances to win, and start treatment, is crucial.

There are a couple of things you can do to reduce the eventual sides. I think the mentallity you face the treatment with is also important. People start finasteride scared chitless of getting sides. Come on! You should feel nice, knowing you are doing your best to treat the problem, relax and go on with your life, and stop panicking about your dick falling out. I think a couple of side effects CAN be caused by this anxiety, or else the placebo sides number on the finasteride studies wouldn't be so high.
If anything, be scared you are a non-responder to the drug.

 

[scorpiolove]

This advice is golden. Never stop being the best version of yourself, and this goes beyond your hair.

Never stop dating, don't buy into women's whims about being faithful one girl only.

That's their strategy so you don't have any other option than her.

You can't hurt a man who has options. So never stop flirting with women, having dates, in short having options.

Remember that women have no sense of justice or morality, and they will leave you in a heartbeat because they just feel like it.

Never let your guard down, never let yourself go, do everything you can to look good, and that means treating your hair loss with medication or hair transplants.

I always laugh when I hear my friends tell me "But you have a girlfriend now, you shouldn't care about your hair anymore, you can let it go."

Yeah right, brilliant advice. But you put your hook on a girl, the game stops there, you've won right? Wrong! It never stops, you woman will always test your masculinity and confidence.

I think it also has to do with the fact that people would like you to be or become less valuable than them.

Even your girl would like you to be uglier and more of a loser so you don't attract other women.

The problem is that in the end, they will find a better man than you and leave you in the split of a second, "because you're the man you used to be". Translation: a man with hair.

The one who has the less to lose in a relationship always has the upper hand and always wins. Never forget that.

It's the power of the P that keeps the modern day man down, we're always struggling and learning how to adapt to our women.

 

[knox777]

Great post notcool. Hit the nail right on the head. It's always easy to let yourself go when you are in a committed relationship. Say you gain a bit of weight or get scruffy ect - these are all pretty much 100% reversible. Once your hair starts going, that's when it becomes tough to reverse the issue. I see it so many times with relationships, you think they are going to last forever and all of a sudden anything can happen. Obviously, if you're in a happy relationship you should be enjoying yourself and focusing on the positives but it's so crucial to be prepared for whatever may happen because you can just never know how these things will pan out in 1/5/10 years time.

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[Vanitykills]

I completely agree with the op.

You have to keep your self esteem in check which can be incredibly difficult at times. It can't be emphasized enough; hair is a massive part of it. Everything goes south 30+. Keeping and maintaining hair will ensure that other ageing defects appear less prominent. Fight this ****!

 

[Agustin Araujo]

There's still too many men and women out there who are suffering from Androgenetic Alopecia that aren't aware of treatment options. I've been suffering from male pattern baldness since 2009 and didn't even know about the 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors until 2014.

For not knowing about better legitimate treatment options for a while, I lost a lot of hair, and has caused me to jump into a regimen of: 0.5 mg of Dutasteride, 10 mg of Minoxidil, and 100 mg of Spironolactone, with each one taken orally once daily. Now all what I can do is wait since as of this post, I'm relatively new to those treatments.

 

[archdemon123]

There's still too many men and women out there who are suffering from Androgenetic Alopecia that aren't aware of treatment options. I've been suffering from male pattern baldness since 2009 and didn't even know about the 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors until 2014.

For not knowing about better legitimate treatment options for a while, I lost a lot of hair, and has caused me to jump into a regimen of: 0.5 mg of Dutasteride, 10 mg of Minoxidil, and 100 mg of Spironolactone, with each one taken orally once daily. Now all what I can do is wait since as of this post, I'm relatively new to those treatments.

This is the biggest true. I don't know how the hairloss treatment scenes are advertised on the USA or England, but Here in South Europe very few people have actually started finasteride or dutasteride treatments. You see baldies everywhere, and more than that, to those I've actually talked to, they just accept it, relunctantly, some of them saying they can't afford transplants and so eventually lost all their hairs.
Same sayings everytime, damn. When bald guys look at me here and say they used to have my hair it somehow creeps me out as hell.

WELL, I'll just stick to the thread title to actually advice everybody: neglecting hairloss is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. Buddy of mine from university is an extreme case of diffuse thinning. Retained his hairline, but barely has any hair, and the ones he has are thin as hell is probably one of the saddest cases I've known of neglection. Even now, when I've actually told him he could probably try minoxidil and get results, as well as finasteride obviously, he just dismisses the idea, saying that "the stuff doesn't work".

 

[Exodus2011]

i know this from experience OP. . . . . . . . i was in denial for months . . . . and it lost me so much of my hair density.

then even when i went on minoxidil, i was too scared of getting on finasteride because of the ****ing fearmongerers . . . . . such bull****

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Maybe I'm an idiot but it's going to be a while before I consider getting on propeia,

No dude, your not an idiot. I've read all the stuff you have about sides and to be honest sometimes it even gets to me. If my hair wasn't as bad as it is, I might have held off on taking it too. I just really have no choice at this point. It's pretty much a choice to either take propecia or be bald in a year.

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i know this from experience OP. . . . . . . . i was in denial for months . . . . and it lost me so much of my hair density.

then even when i went on minoxidil, i was too scared of getting on finasteride because of the ****ing fearmongerers . . . . . such bull****

Your case is different though since you started so early. I don't blame you for not getting on any treatments that early. There is no way I would tell a 16/17yo to get on meds.

 

[Exodus2011]

yea but i could have gotten on propecia as soon as i turned 18. and i've thought about it and i was fully grown at 17 and a half (bout when i started balding).

i think i could have taken propecia earlier. i've always developed early, i had a mustache in middle school. probably has something to do with me balding early

 

[Notcoolanymore]

i had a mustache in middle school

Damn dude, I couldn't grow a real mustache till I was close to 30 haha. And yeah you could have taken finasteride earlier. I have heard of guys taking it at 17. I am just hesitant to recommend that stuff to young guys.

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Excellent advice, Notcoolanymore. Hit it ASAP so you can have as much hair as possible at least through your youth and hopefully without getting any sides.

Thanks. Too many people, including myself, don't truly understand the impact of hair loss. Maybe if I did, I would have continued searching for treatments even after I was told by doctor's that there was nothing I could do. I am lucky I was able to salvage some of my hair, but many will not be as lucky.

Treat your hair loss guys. It's a huge mistake not to.

 

[shookwun]

loosing your temple points alone even decreases how attractive you are. it's ****ed how important hair is.